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[tryingtothinkaga...]

yeah but you don't always want one right this second

or 9 months after right this second

[AK_WDB]

Yo. I walked in late on this bullying conversation, but I do want to add my two cents.

Chloe said there's never any justification for violence. Maybe that's true and maybe it isn't, but bullying doesn't have to be physical. Throughout middle school I was subjected to demeaning comments such as "you have no friends", "you have no life", etc. I deserved some of it. I (like just about everyone else) behaved like an annoying little prick in middle school, and the bullying slowly, painfully, taught me better.

On the other hand, it's left me with major insecurities. Even today I have trouble believing that anyone - including my family members and closest friends - really wants to spend time with me. I worry that I'm being a burden on people, and consequently do a poor job of building and keeping strong relationships. This behavior on my part does not make the world a better place.

When you join the military, you sign up for "bullying" to make you tougher in combat, but also to build character for regular life. Does school bullying serve the same purpose? I have a hard time seeing it. Military drill instructors are highly trained professionals who know how to push people to become better soldiers. Middle school bullies aren't. They just try to make you feel like an inadequate person.

Thanks to debator for starting the discussion. I do think the conventional anti-bullying campaign sometimes misses the fact that negative experiences can teach people lessons and make life easier in the future.

[tryingtothinkaga...]

On the other hand, it's left me with major insecurities. Even today I have trouble believing that anyone - including my family members and closest friends - really wants to spend time with me. I worry that I'm being a burden on people, and consequently do a poor job of building and keeping strong relationships. This behavior on my part does not make the world a better place.

[blondie13]

On the other hand, it's left me with major insecurities. Even today I have trouble believing that anyone - including my family members and closest friends - really wants to spend time with me. I worry that I'm being a burden on people, and consequently do a poor job of building and keeping strong relationships. This behavior on my part does not make the world a better place.

[beregond]

On the other hand, it's left me with major insecurities. Even today I have trouble believing that anyone - including my family members and closest friends - really wants to spend time with me. I worry that I'm being a burden on people, and consequently do a poor job of building and keeping strong relationships. This behavior on my part does not make the world a better place.

[AK_WDB]

Another quick thought: I don't necessarily think we should elevate physical violence to a separate plane above all other forms of personal attacks. I understand the political theory behind outlawing physical violence, whereas making verbal/emotional "violence" illegal would be pretty much impossible. But that doesn't mean one is always more morally wrong than the other. I'd much rather be punched in the face than experience some of the non-physical things people have said or done to me.

[overly_critical_...]

I remember getting bullied in school...back then, they always taught you to "fight back" against your bullies. Nowadays...people just go complain on twitter or facebook. Meh...anyways, in the 1980s spirit, one day I grabbed a handful of one of my tormentor's hair and pulled off a chunk. I don't think I felt so enpowered until the day I cooked my first piece of bacon.

HELL YEAH ViOLENCE

In conclusion...old people are tougher than you.

[Widget!]

I don't think I felt so enpowered until the day I cooked my first piece of bacon.

Let's all talk about the day we first truly became men, and cooked our first bacon.

Ladies included.

[blondie13]

I can't even remember the first time I cooked bacon, but I was fairly young. My big thing when I used to go up to Madison to visit Mitch was to make bacon every morning for him and the rest of the people sleeping over. That was always fun.

[JBroms]

I don't think I felt so enpowered until the day I cooked my first piece of bacon.

Let's all talk about the day we first truly became men, and cooked our first bacon.

Ladies included.

I totally don't remember, but I do remember the day where I felt like much, much more than a man.
It started with Red Bull, as my great ideas often do.
I was then working and had to make a display pizza, a routine behavior that usually just included emptying out unused ingredients from yesterday into a veggie lover pizza.
But that day was different, I decided to make something special. I mixed 2/3rds BBQ Wing Sauce with 1/3 hot wing sauce, loaded up some chicken with the deliciousness of spicy BBQ, and put it on a pizza.
And then, because nothing is ever complete without it, I loaded the pizza up with bacon.
Washed down with Red Bull, I would have to say my Spicy BBQ Chicken and Bacon pizza was heart-stoppingly good.

This post has been edited by JBroms: Mar 20 2012, 07:40 PM

[blondie13]

My friend Annie just lost her mom to cancer.

I just lost my great uncle Ingy, as well as another great uncle and great aunt.

My friend's ex (who he is still incredibly in love with) is in the hospital with liver failure, kidney failure, blood pooling under her skin, and many other complications from bacterial meningitis.

Apparently there have been a large amount of deaths of loved ones among my choir buddies, with five known, not including Annie's mom or my family members. What on earth is going on here?

[Jonesy]

My friend Annie just lost her mom to cancer.

I just lost my great uncle Ingy, as well as another great uncle and great aunt.

My friend's ex (who he is still incredibly in love with) is in the hospital with liver failure, kidney failure, blood pooling under her skin, and many other complications from bacterial meningitis.

Apparently there have been a large amount of deaths of loved ones among my choir buddies, with five known, not including Annie's mom or my family members. What on earth is going on here?

I'm afraid to know you right now. Apparently it's bad luck.

[tryingtothinkaga...]

My friend Annie just lost her mom to cancer.

I just lost my great uncle Ingy, as well as another great uncle and great aunt.

My friend's ex (who he is still incredibly in love with) is in the hospital with liver failure, kidney failure, blood pooling under her skin, and many other complications from bacterial meningitis.

Apparently there have been a large amount of deaths of loved ones among my choir buddies, with five known, not including Annie's mom or my family members. What on earth is going on here?

My friend's grandmother just died, my uncle returned home from work last week to be greeted with a restraining order from his wife (based mostly on lies, and has since been nullified, she appears to have gone off the deep end), and my other friend just broke up with his girlfriend of close to two years.

Not quite on the same level, but lots of smurf going on in March.

[beregond]

My friend Annie just lost her mom to cancer.

I just lost my great uncle Ingy, as well as another great uncle and great aunt.

My friend's ex (who he is still incredibly in love with) is in the hospital with liver failure, kidney failure, blood pooling under her skin, and many other complications from bacterial meningitis.

Apparently there have been a large amount of deaths of loved ones among my choir buddies, with five known, not including Annie's mom or my family members. What on earth is going on here?

I'm afraid to know you right now. Apparently it's bad luck.

...Thank you for making me feel better.
Also, on the first bacon topic, it was spring of sophomore year. Yes. I cooked my first bacon approximately one year ago.

[debator]

what. is wrong with you. bacon racist.

[eric...]

what. is wrong with you. bacon racist.

...it took him a long time to recover from all the teasing in the middle school locker room.

[JBroms]

RT: You did this to yourself, Blondie.

[tryingtothinkaga...]

Yeah, she kept doing that to me too. Told me to shut up when I told her to stop setting me up for TW.

[JBroms]

Yeah, she kept doing that to me too. Told me to shut up when I told her to stop setting me up for TW.

she set me up with a TL J on a TW. lawl

[BearMan]

Yeah, she kept doing that to me too. Told me to shut up when I told her to stop setting me up for TW.

she set me up with a TL J on a TW. lawl

Psh, talk to me when you get 144 points.

That's my record, and I'm proud of it!